The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-05
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Illustrated. Pine Cone Series. Boston: D.
Lothrop Company. Price 81 10.
In this breezy and thoroughly healthy
story of boys life at school the author
proves his right to a foremost place among
the writers of juvenile literature in this
country. The story is local, the scene be-
ing laid in and about the Boston Latin
School, from which institution the author
was a graduate 1t is, in fact, largely a
record of his own experiences, and some of
his descriptions of characters and incidents
are as accurate as photographs. Exhibit
ton day, the prize drill on the common
and scenes in the school room are described
with infinite relish, and there isn't boy
anywhere with bit of boy feeling about
him that will not enjoy the book from cover
to cover.
The TRUE AND THE FALSE THEORY OF Evolution.
By Rev. Chauncey Giles. William H. Alden.
Philadelphia. publisher, corner Twenty second
and Chestnut streets.
In the subject of evolution there is very
general interest. 1t commands the attention
of the most acute and profound thinkers.
The effect which it is having upon the scien-
tifc and religious world is very marked.
The series of lectures of the Rev. Mr.. Giles,
which are comprised in this volume, is not
Only OSSBlJ buu IhCJ dloO pun
evolution before the readers mind in a man
ner so clear and forcible that it is impossible
not to understand it. The Century Com
pany, Union Square, New York.
CALAMITY Row; or The Sunken Records By
John R. Musick. Rand McNally & Co., pub
fishers, 14S to 1874 Monroe street, Chicago
Price Csc, in paper.
Mr. Musick's greatest strength lies in ver-
satility. Numbers do not appear to confuse
him; and, although the principal actors in
this story include stock operators, dock rats,
clergyman, students of medicine, adven-
turers, women of fashion, a poor cobbler,
pretty shop girl, an old sailor, street
Arabs and an apple woman, the author has
given to each of them distinct individual
ity and an important role.
A History OF THE ART OF MAGIC. By P P
Pimayenis ]. J. Little & Co., 10 to u Astor
place, New York.
Mr.. Pimayenis, who is member of the
Order of the Royal Cross of Greece, and
who has a high and well-earned literary
reputation, has succeeded in this volume in
giving the public something that will
afford it a great deal of entertainment.
The work contains anecdotes, explanations
of tricks and sketch of the life of Alexan-
der Hermann, who was regarded as the
master of the art of magic.
WHO CARES Episodes in the Life of Mary Camp
bell. Facts, not FancieS. By Mrs Harriet N.
X. Golf. With an introduction by Rev DR..
Theodore L. Cuyler. Paper cover Soc, cloth
75c. T. B. Peterson & Brothers, Philadelphia.
This work is an autobiography written in
the form of a novel, and while it contains
terrible truths, it has all the fascination of
romance. Interest that cannot be shaken
off pervades every page, and Mary Camp
bells unvarnished narrative thrills while it
excites pity for erring women and contempt
for dissolute men.
THE OLD SOUTH AND THE NEW SOUTH, A series
of letters by Hon. William D. Kelley G. p
Putnam's Sons, New York.
Some of these letters have already APP
peared in the newspapers. The material
for them was gathered by Mr.. Kelley dur
ing a visit to the South last spring and sum-
mer They are interesting and valuable.
Those who want to get an unbiased view of
those portions of the South which Mr..
Kelley visited will find these letters particu-
larly valuable.
IDA WAUGH's ALPHABET BOOK. j. B. Lippincott
Company, Philadelphia, publishers. Price
81 90.
This book is for the little ones, and while
it will interest them greatly, it will assist
them in learning their letters. 1t is superbly
gotten up The illustrations are appro-
pirate, the paper is heavy and fine, and the
printing is of the highest class The verses
are by Amy E. Blanchard There could
hardly be a finer Christmas present for chill
dren.
THE WIDE, WIDE WORLD. By Elizabeth wether-
ell with etchings by Frederick Dielman Com
plete in one volume. Cloth, So So j. B.
Lippincott Company, Philadelphia.
This is a very handsome volume, the
binding and Typography being all that
could be desired. The story is an interest
ing one, the plot being good, the characters
sketched with ability and the dialogue full
of life. 1t is a story that catches the atten-
ton at the beginning aud holds it to the
end.
The KENTUCKY RESOLUTIONS OF 179S: An histor-l
ical study by Elizabeth Dudley Warfied, A.
NJ, Ii. B., G. z. Putnam's Sons, New York
publishers.
The feeling that has existed that the his
torical accounts of the Kentucky Resolu-
tions of 1898 were inadequate is satisfied by
this work. While the interest in the reso-
buttons is especially great in Kentucky, it is
not small in other parts of the country
among scholars
M1LLENYIAL DAWN Vol. [. The Plan of the
Ages. Cloth binding, 81 Tower Publishing
Company, Allegheny, Pa.
Of this work the EUening Post of San
Francisco, is quoted as saying: ut is thor
oughly refreshing. in this age of skepticism
and vaunted Indifference to the truths of
religion, to find writer coming nobly for
ward to maintain the principle of
revealed religion"
THE New CRUSADE; or High License and Prohi-
bition viewed in the Light of Federal Legsla-
ton. Liberty Publishing Company, Still
water, MINI.
This is an interesting little work by Hon.